The Cabinet approved the Marine Department’s proposal to link personal image data from the Central Registration Database to prevent and suppress human trafficking in the fishery industry

The Cabinet Weekly Cabinet Meeting approved the Marine Department’s proposal to link personal image data from the Central Registration Database of the Department of Provincial Administration via the computer system to prevent and suppress human trafficking in the fishery industry. The system will collect facial images and information of each fishery labour, which can later be used in a Face Detection programme to identify and match their identity which has previously registered or reported by the fishing trawlers and ship in order to supervise and control the number of illegal fisher workers.